Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$70-$80/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Professional Care Medical Practices PC ("Professional Care”) is a private, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.
Professional Care provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services in the state of New York.
Correctional health care is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today’s medical professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all of your learned medical skills and knowledge on a daily basis. It is the perfect hybrid of Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; providing care to an under-served, diverse, and truly appreciative patient population.
We are currently looking for a Part Time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join our team and provide onsite services for Dutchess County Jail in Poughkeepsie, NY.
This is a 16 to 20 hour per week position. Weekly schedule is Monday - Friday, normal business hours. (2 -3 days)
Benefits
- Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Hourly rate range $70.00 - $80.00
- Company-paid malpractice liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
- Sick Leave package provided.
- Annual licensure reimbursement provided.
- Unlimited company-paid CME technology provided, and more.
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Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
- Board Certified in Psychiatric Mental Health.
- Licensed to practice Medicine in the State of New York.
- Maintain current DEA license.
Maintain active BLS (i. e. CPR) certification.
Maintain current Driver’s License.
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive psychiatric mental health care services to patients at the Dutchess County Jail. Work in a multidisciplinary environment that integrates primary, urgent, and addiction medicine.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Psychiatry nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 77/100, 29 active listings.
Of the 40 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 55% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$156k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $145k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
Living in Poughkeepsie
- Typical market rent
- $1,842/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.